Hatrack River Forum: We Need More Labels (and I need another hole in my head)

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Posted by Alucard... (Member # 4924) on :

I typically tire of being labeled, especially by academia that feels compelled to label just about everything. But I have noticed that just about everyone labels everything else, and I was thinking that we need more labels concerning religion or beliefs. Here are some standard ones:

WASP (White Anglo-Saxon Protestant)
LDS (The Church of Latter Day Saints)
MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Drivers)

But I decided to come up with a few of my own. They are meant to be humorous and not meant to poke fun at any religion or set of beliefs, and feel free to add to the list:

CDCs (Catholics who Dislike other Catholics)

CNBCs (Catholics who Never use Birth Control)

MDLs (Methodists who Dislike Lutherans)

HDLs (Homeschoolers who Dislike Lutherans)

LDLs (Lutherans who Dislike other Lutherans)

ABCs (Agnostics who Believe in Christ)

CD-ROM (Catholic Doctrine that is Remembered Only during Mass)

AC-DCs (Agnostics who were Catholic and Dislike other Catholics)

Any more ideas?

Posted by zgator (Member # 3833) on :

LDAPLS - Lutherans who Dislike Alucard for Picking on Lutherans [Razz]

Posted by Vána (Member # 3262) on :

[Big Grin]

Posted by Alucard... (Member # 4924) on :

Actually,

Being in healthcare, I was struggling to find something to fit within the anagrams of HDLs, LDLs, etc which are usually meant to mean types of cholesterol.

But honestly, I LIKE Lutherans, and if you were unsure, I was raised Catholic. Hence, the plethora of Catholic jokes!

Posted by dkw (Member # 3264) on :

You forgot:

NLWDGAWGL - Norwegian Lutherans who don’t get along with German Lutherans

and

GLWDGAWNL – German Lutherans who don’t get along with Norwegian Lutherans

Sorry, Lutherans, but I’ve been in towns where getting those two groups to work together counts as interfaith dialogue.

[Razz]

Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :

Nice start. Could I suggest:

GAY--Gentleman Against Yodeling.

FAG--Females Against Grunge.

HETERO--Heroes Engaged To Ethically Retarded Others.

RIGHT--Religious Ignoramusi Goose-stepping to Heavens Tune

LEFT--Languid Effaminate Fool Troopers.

REP--Re-electing Eisenhower for President (he may be dead, but we don't like active presidents)

DEM--Duly Elected Morons

COMMIES--Community Organized Multi-Media Idiot Election Sycophants. (Union 412)

GREENS--People who want to take their favorite color away from the misuse of drunken Irish wannabes. Its not an acronym. Its just the truth.

Posted by Alucard... (Member # 4924) on :

PDAs (Protestants who Dislike Athiests)

Rub A Dub Dubs (Republicans who Use Blatant Attacks against Undeserving Democrats with Biological Science)

PDFs (Positively Democratic Floridians)

CLEARMADD (Center for Leadership Education and Applied Research in Mass Destruction Defense) [This one is a real organization]

Posted by Vána (Member # 3262) on :

Hey, dkw! You forgot the Swedish Lutherans! Don't leave out my entire city! [No No]

It was quite the joke when my old, Swedish congregation got a Norwegian pastor! I'm not sure if there was any genuine discomfort, but there was plenty of teasing and joking about the whole situation.

Silly Scandinavians.

[ August 21, 2003, 11:44 AM: Message edited by: Vána ]

Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :

I love the phrase--Silly Scandanavians.

Posted by Bokonon (Member # 480) on :

For the record, not just "academia" likes to label things, HUMAN BEINGS do it all the time.

-Bok

Posted by dkw (Member # 3264) on :

Sorry Vána, I don't know much about them because we don't have any Swedes around here. We've got one Danish guy, but he's a Presbyterian.
[Dont Know]

Posted by Vána (Member # 3262) on :

Yeah...that's because when all the Swedes were coming to the US, the train stopped in Rockford. Like, stopped stopped. End of the line.

For some reason, my husband finds this exceptionally funny. But it's just the simple truth! [Dont Know]

Posted by Alucard... (Member # 4924) on :

Dan,

Excellent counter!

I would comment on the Lutheran situation, but I am:

GIMLI (Gentlemen Ignorant of Multiple Lutheran Internationalities)

[Evil Laugh]

Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :

AtDD: Attention to the Deficit Disorder

(from this week's "The Onion")(www.theonion.com)

Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :

HATRACK -- Human, Alien, Terrestrial, Ressurectionistic, And Communistic Knights.

JATRAQUEROS-- Junior Aboriginal Transvestites Relishing Aquatic Question Under European Restrictions. Order of the Second.

Posted by Alucard... (Member # 4924) on :

IOWA (Idiots Out Wandering Around)

IOWA (I Owe the World an Apology)

Posted by Zalmoxis (Member # 2327) on :

quote:
We've got one Danish guy, but he's a Presbyterian

For some reason this sentence completely cracks me up. I've got to find a way to introduce it into daily conversation.

Posted by Morbo (Member # 5309) on :

ABCDEFGs (Agnostics who Believe Christ was no Deity, just Ethically Freakin' Great)

Posted by Alucard... (Member # 4924) on :

[ROFL]

Is this also known as the Hooked on Phonics Postulate?

OLYMPIAs (Orthodox Lithuianian Youth Ministers who are a Pain in the Ass)

I just couldn't bring myself to direct my "L"s at the Lutherans anymore...